Chromosome splitting of Plasmodium berghei using the CRISPR/Cas9 system.

Spatial arrangement of chromosomes is responsible for gene expression in Plasmodium parasites. However, methods for rearranging chromosomes have not been established, which makes it difficult to investigate its role in detail. Here, we report a method for splitting chromosome in rodent malaria paras...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Daniel Addo-Gyan, Haruka Matsushita, Enya Sora, Tsubasa Nishi, Masao Yuda, Naoaki Shinzawa, Shiroh Iwanaga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260176